My brief write up on the legendary singer.
My respects and regards to Sudha Malhotra ji, yesteryear playback singer. (my charcoal pencil sketch).
My brief write up on the legendary singer.
My respects and regards to Sudha Malhotra ji, yesteryear playback singer. (my charcoal pencil sketch).
Triute to the doyen of Indian cinema V. Shantaram on his birth anniversary today. (My pencil sketch)
I am giving here below a link courtesy The Print which in itself elaborates his contribution to Indian cinema. Please click the link and read the achievements of the great film personality of India.
Thank you.
Asit Kumar Sen, popularly known as Asit Sen, My pencil sketch
Asit sen was born on 13th May, 1917 and passed away on 18th Sept. 1993.
Asit Sen was an Indian film director turned famous comedian in the Hindi film industry. He directed 2 films and starred in over 200 films between 1953 and 1993 until his death. As an actor/comedian, he often portrayed a character with authority, such as a police inspector or landlord, but with comic effect, mostly as a slow-speaking person. His acting career was particularly prolific in the 1960s, 1970s, and early 1980s. He had a very thin voice, in striking contrast to his huge physical frame and spoke his dialogues at a slow pace.
Sen started his career, assisting director-producer Bimal Roy in Kolkata, however, the Kolkata-based film industry was now on the decline, thus Roy shifted base to Bombay (now Mumbai) along with Roy's team in 1950, which included Sen, Hrishikesh Mukherjee, Nabendu Ghosh, Kamal Bose and later Salil Chaudhury. Along with doing small roles in films he directed two films for his mentor's production house, Parivar (1956) and Apradhi Kaun (1957), before choosing acting as his full time career, playing comic roles with almost every known name in the industry
Kavi Pradeep (6 February 1915 – 11 December 1998), born Ramchandra Narayanji Dwivedi, was an Indian poet and songwriter who is best known for his patriotic song "Aye Mere Watan Ke Logo" written as a tribute to the soldiers who had died defending the country during the Sino-Indian War.
His first recognition came for his patriotic lyrics for the film Bandhan (1940). His status as a nationalistic writer got immortalised for writing a daringly patriotic song "Door Hato Ae Duniya Walo" (Move Away O Outsiders) in India's first golden jubilee hit Kismet (1943) because he was forced to go underground to avoid arrest immediately after the film's release that invited the ire of British government.
In a career span of five decades, Kavi Pradeep wrote about 1,700 songs[1] and nationalistic poems including the lyrics for some 72 films, including hits like "Chal Chal Re Naujawan" in film Bandhan (1940) and "Aao Bachcho Tumhein Dikhayen" and "De Dee Hame Azaadi" in the film Jagriti (1954)[3] In 1958, HMV, released an album of 13 songs with his lyrics. He was made the Rashtrakavi (National Poet), and came to be known as, Kavi Pradeep.
In 1997, he was honoured with India's highest award in cinema, the Dada Saheb Phalke Award, for lifetime achievement.
(courtesy : Wikipedia)
I used to watch movies a lot in my hey days. There are real good inspiration to artis, aren't they?
You can very well guess, I am inspired by the movie still of Vyjantimala.
Sobhan Babu (born Uppu Sobhana Chalapathi Rao) (14 January 1937 – 20 March 2008) was an Indian actor known for his works in Telugu cinema. He made his film debut in Bhakta Shabari (1959), but Daivabalam (1959), was released earlier at the box office. Sobhan babu has garnered five state Nandi Awards for Best Actor, and four Filmfare Awards for Best Telugu Actor.
Sobhan Babu was starred in National Award winning works such as Seetharama Kalyanam (1961), Mahamantri Timmarasu (1962), Lava Kusa (1963), Nartanasala (1963), featured at the 3rd Afro-Asian Film Festival held at Jakarta, Bangaru Panjaram (1969) for which he received special mention at the 4th International Film Festival of India, and Desamante Manushuloyi (1970).
In a film career as a matinee idol, spanning more than thirty five years, Sobhan Babu was starred in more than 200 feature films in a variety of roles in works such as Veerabhimanyu (1965), Manushulu Marali (1969), Tara Sasankam (1969), Kalyana Mandapam (1971), Chelleli Kapuram (1971), Sampoorna Ramayanam (1972), Sharada (1973), Manchi Manushulu (1974), Jeevana Jyothi (1975), Soggadu (1976), Kurukshetram (1977), Mallepoovu (1978), Gorintaku (1979), Karthika Deepam, (1979), Mosagadu (1980), Devatha (1982), and Mundadugu (1983).
(Source courtesy : Wikipedia)